1st Edition

Interpersonal Criminology Revisiting Interpersonal Crimes and Victimization

Edited By K. Jaishankar Copyright 2017
    302 Pages
    by Routledge

    302 Pages
    by Routledge

    Based on peer-reviewed articles from the Second International Conference of the South Asian Society of Criminology and Victimology, Interpersonal Criminology investigates the roots of crime and victimization, rather than dissecting criminal behavior after the fact. The book divides crime by type, covering crimes against women, crimes against children and youths, culture conflict and victimization of groups, and interpersonal cybercrimes.



    Perfect for criminal justice practitioners and advanced human rights, criminology, and victimology students, Interpersonal Criminology explores the complexities of crime and interpersonal events in both established and emerging fields of criminology, including those concerning women and minorities.

    Foreword xi



    Acknowledgments xiii

    Introduction xv



    Editor xxiii



    Contributors xxv







     



    Section I





    INTERPERSONAL CRIMES AGAINST WOMEN









    1. Gender-Based Street Harassment: An International Perspective 3




    2. JANICE JOSEPH







    3. Marital Rape: A Socially and Legally Warranted Crime in




    4. India 17





      AKANSHA SINGH







    5. Homelessness: A Consequence of Abuse of Women in




    6. Brisbane, Australia 29





      HELENA MENIH AND CATRIN SMITH







    7. Market Women and Their Crime Reporting Practices in




    8. Oyo, Oyo State, Nigeria 41





      JOHNSON OLUWOLE AYODELE







    9. Discrimination and Victimization of Women at the




    10. Workplace in Serbia: Prevalence and Characteristics 55





      VESNA NIKOLIĆ-RISTANOVIĆ, SANJA ĆOPIĆ, AND BEJAN ŠAĆIRI







    11. Fear of Crime among Women in Tiruchirappalli, India: A




    12. Spatial Examination of Transit Spaces 73





      C. HANNAH, G. SUBBAIYAN, AND T. SRINIVAS





       



       



       



       



       



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      Section II





      INTERPERSONAL CRIMES AGAINST CHILDREN AND YOUTH







    13. Restorative Practices for Juveniles in Hawai’i, United States 87




    14. LORENN WALKER







    15. Prevention of Interpersonal Crimes and Violence among Children and Youth through Virtue Education: A Roadmap 97






    16. JOHN CHRISTOPHER AND JOHAN DE TAVERNIER





    17. Underage Commercial Sex and Criminal Prosecutions in Singapore: Who Are the Real Victims? 111






    18. S. CHANDRA MOHAN





       



       



      Section III





      CULTURE CONFLICT AND VICTIMIZATION OF GROUPS







    19. Policing Domestic Violence in South Africa 125




    20. DORAVAL GOVENDER







    21. Domestic Violence Legislation and Its Application in Serbia: The Impact of Gender of the Offender and Other Factors 141






    22. VESNA NIKOLIĆ-RISTANOVIĆ AND LJILJANA STEVKOVIĆ







    23. Labeling of Denotified Tribes: Revisiting the Ramoshis in Maharashtra, India 163






    24. DATTATREYA BHANDALKAR







    25. Sex Trafficking in Gujarat, India: Case Studies of Women Victims Turned Offenders 177






    26. PAVITHRAN NAMBIAR AND SUHAS P. NAMBIAR







    27. How Can Victimology Become Positive? 191




    NATTI RONEL



    Contents ix









    Section IV


    Biography

    K. Jaishankar is Professor of Criminology and Head of the Department of Criminology at the Raksha Shakti University (Police and Internal Security University), Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India. Prior to this present position, he served as a faculty member at the Department of Criminology and Criminal Justice, Manonmaniam Sundaranar University, Tirunelveli, Tamil Nadu, India. He has published more than 101 publications, including articles, books, book chapters, and editorials. He is the recipient of the prestigious National Academy of Sciences, India (NASI) SCOPUS Young Scientist Award 2012 – Social Sciences and ISC – S.S. Srivastava Award for Excellence in Teaching and Research in Criminology. He was a Commonwealth Fellow (2009-2010) at the Centre for Criminal Justice Studies, School of Law, University of Leeds, UK, and has completed a research project on victims of cyber crimes. He is the founding Editor-in-Chief of the International Journal of Cyber Criminology and Editor-in-Chief of International Journal of Criminal Justice Sciences He is the founding President of the South Asian Society of Criminology and Victimology (SASCV) and founding Executive Director (Honorary) of the Centre for Cyber Victim Counselling (CCVC). He was a member of the UNODC (United Nations Office of Drugs and Crime) Core Group of Experts on Identity-related Crime (2007-08). He is a member of the Membership and Advancement Committee, World Society of Victimology (WSV); International Advisory Board for the Center for the Research and Development of Positive Criminology, Department of Criminology, Bar Illan University, Israel; Advisory Board for the Center for Cybercrime Studies, John Jay College of Criminal Justice, New York, USA; the International Cybercrime Research Centre, Simon Frazer University, Vancouver, Canada; and the Scientific Commission of the International Society of Criminology (ISC); as well as Fellow of the African Center for Cyberlaw and Cybercrime Prevention. He was a discussant in the “Opening Discussion: Focusing on Victims of Crime – Comparing Crime Patterns and Improving Practice, Researchers’ Advice to Policy” of the 2012 Stockholm Criminology Symposium, and responded to questions of Beatrice Ask, Swedish Minister for Justice, and Paula Teixeria da Cruz, the Portuguese Minister for Justice. He was a Keynote Speaker at the 15th World Society of Victimology Symposium held July 2015, at Perth, Australia, and at the 14th World Society of Victimology Symposium held in May 2012, at The Hague, The Netherlands. He was recently appointed as an International Ambassador of the British Society of Criminology (BSC).